Monica, une jeune secrétaire qui rêve de vivre de sa plume, se voit offrir un contrat inespéré : seconder son idole, le légendaire Will James, dans l'écriture de son prochain roman. La relation avec le quinquagénaire alcoolique mettra...
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Author:SEDLEY, KateSummary:In 15th century London, the child-king is not the only one under threat ... 1483: Amidst the chaos following the death of King Edward IV and the ensuing tussle for the throne, Roger the Chapman is called to London to investigate a...
- Author:Lazurko, AnneSummary:
For readers of Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See and Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, a transportive historical novel about finding morality in the throes of war and colonization Released from Nazi forced labor as World...
- Author:Audlaluk, LarrySummary:
Larry Audlaluk was born in Uugaqsiuvik, a traditional settlement west of Inujjuak in northern Quebec, or Nunavik. He was almost three years old when his family was chosen by the government to be one of seven Inuit families relocated...
- Author:Gill, PaulineSummary:
Née de famille fortunée, Elsie Reford est philanthrope et fondatrice des Jardins de Métis. Toute jeune, elle quitte avec sa famille sa région natale de Perth en Ontario pour s'établir dans l'Ouest de Montréal, là où elle découvre la...
- Author:Kacer, KathySummary:
What does it take to stand up for what's right?It's 1938 in Dusseldorf, Germany, and Paul is feeling pressured to join the Hitler Youth. The last thing he wants to do is march around with a bunch of bullies, supporting the Gestapo and...
- Author:Kalteis, DietrichSummary:
Meet Depression-era newlyweds Bennie and Stella. He's reckless, she's naive. Longing for freedom from tough times, they rob a bank, setting off a series of events that quickly spin out of their control Under an Outlaw Moon is based on...
- Author:Saint-Pierre, ÉlianeSummary:
Montréal, 1964. Après une décennie à prodiguer des soins aux ouvriers de l'usine Moretti, Geneviève Boivin perd subitement son poste. L'entreprise effectuant des congédiements en vue d'augmenter sa rentabilité, l'...
- Author:Kay, Guy GavrielSummary:
« Les marins disent que la pluie regrette son nuage alors même qu'elle tombe vers la mer dans la lumière ou l'ombre. Et elle, elle me manque ainsi alors que je tombe à travers mon existence, à travers le temps, à travers le...
- Author:Rouy, MaryseSummary:
À l'automne 1933, Elizabeth remplace son mari obligé d'abandonner son poste de professeur à bord du wagon-école à la suite d'un diagnostic de tuberculose. Tandis qu'il est confiné loin des siens dans un sanatorium,...
- Author:Krueger, LesleySummary:
A richly atmospheric portrait of women's agency and the timelessness of love, Time Squared explores the enduring roles of rights, responsibility, and devotion throughout history The game will change when you remember who you are Robin...
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Author:Donoghue, EmmaSummary:"Lib Wright, a young English nurse trained by legendary Florence Nightingale, arrives in an impoverished Irish village with a strange mission. Eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell is said to have eaten nothing for four months. With...
- Author:D'Izzia, GuglielmoSummary:
De Angelis, an inscrutable northerner, is travelling to a small town perched in Sicily's hinterland to negotiate a real estate transaction, only to find himself embroiled in a criminal conspiracy. While en route, the train he's on...
- Author:Watada, TerrySummary:
In 1940s Vancouver the Japanese have just bombed Pearl Harbour and racial tension is building. The RCMP are rounding up 'suspicious' young men, fishing boats and property are being seized, and internment camps are only months away....
- Author:Kroll, BobSummary:
For readers of Paulette Jiles and Gil Adamson, a 19th-century tale of a father's greatest regret and path to redemption Devastated at his wife's death and stricken at raising two girls and a boy on his own, Arthur Delaney places his...
- Author:Emery, AnneSummary:
The murdered body of Sorcha the prophetess is discovered following a lavish banquet at the Maguire castle in 16th-century Ireland. In the present day, a dig commences on the land, and not only is a body discovered, but a sheaf of...
- Author:Schmucler, SergioSummary:
Roma meets A Gentleman in Moscowin this vivid portrait of the twentieth century, witnessed by one boy from his self-imposed refuge in Mexico City.Galo has not left his home on Amsterdam Street, not since the day in 1938 when a shocking...
- Author:Best, LauraSummary:
Tulia May lives in rural Nova Scotia with her mother, who works in the laundry of the nearby Ideal Maternity Home. It's a place where unwed mothers can discreetly give birth, a place where adoptions by rich Americans can be quickly...
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Author:Jenoff, PamSummary:Paris, 1919. The world's leaders have gathered to rebuild from the ashes of the Great War. But for one woman, the City of Light harbors dark secrets and dangerous liaisons, for which many could pay dearly. Brought to the peace...
- Author:Finley, RobertSummary:
At once moving and lyrical, The Accidental Indies is a tale in which we join Christopher Columbus on a fantastical voyage through western seas and Western imagination. Robert Finley imagines, sings, charts, and paints the story of...
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